Spot are packing up their bags and beginning to head out to sea, but some nice fish are still biting on the piers and in the lower stretches of the tidal rivers. They happen to be an excellent bait for jumbo flounder and other gamefish (as seen above). Big flounder are patrolling the humps along the CBBT, and bluefish continue to be caught throughout the lower bay. The rockfish season is going well. But fishing was largely a bust last weekend with heavy tropical winds and storms. The cobia are gone, but the trout and puppy drum bite gets better every day.
The offshore fleet was back in business by mid-week and was finding Mahi, blackfin tuna, king macks, and Wahoo.
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The Outer Banks took a pounding last weekend, and it was still windy on Tuesday. A handful of red drum and sea mullet were reported on Jennette’s Pier. Conditions should be much improved by week’s end.
